saeptum

See also: sæptum

English

Noun

saeptum (plural saeptums or saepta)

1. Alternative form of septum

Anagrams

• Paestum, steam up

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯p.tum/, [ˈs̠äe̯pt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsep.tum/, [ˈsɛpt̪um]

Etymology 1

From saeptus, perfect passive participle of saepiō (“surround, enclose”).

Alternative forms

• sēptum

Noun

saeptum n (genitive saeptī); second declension

1. an enclosed place; enclosure, fold
2. a fence, wall; palisade, pale
3. (in the plural) an enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote
4. sluice, floodgate

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	saeptum	saepta
Genitive	saeptī	saeptōrum
Dative	saeptō	saeptīs
Accusative	saeptum	saepta
Ablative	saeptō	saeptīs
Vocative	saeptum	saepta

Descendants

• Portuguese: seto, septo

Etymology 2

Participle

(deprecated template usage) saeptum

1. nominative neuter singular of saeptus
2. accusative masculine singular of saeptus
3. accusative neuter singular of saeptus
4. vocative neuter singular of saeptus

Verb

(deprecated template usage) saeptum

1. accusative supine of saepiō

References

• “saeptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saeptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.